PEOPLE are tired of high rates bills and South Gippsland Shire Council must entertain the prospect of two per cent rate rises, Cr Kieran Kennedy told council last Wednesday. He supported an unsuccessful bid by Cr Don Hill to have council direct officers to prepare a proposed budget with two per cent rate rises for […]
A FATHER has urged parents to watch their children around wild animals after his son was attacked by a kangaroo at Inverloch recently. The animal slashed six year old Hamish McCausland’s face and back, narrowly missing his eye, and knocked him to the ground in an unprovoked attack. His father Alastair McCausland said the incident […]
WIRE barriers and guard railing will be installed along the notorious section of the Strzelecki Highway known as Crightons Hill. The State Government is investing $4.16 million to improve safety on a nine kilometre section of the Strzelecki Highway, between Mount Vernon Road and Leongatha, with works to start later this year. Minister for Roads […]
WARATAH Beach Surf Life Saving Club will be better protected against the threat of crime after sharing in more than $13,000 in the latest round of the Community Safety Fund. Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien said the club would receive $10,000 to install a new locking system. “Recreation and community groups rely on large volunteer […]
KORUMBURRA Secondary College was rewarded for its efforts in being a SunSmart school when they erected a brand new shade structure last Tuesday, September 15. The school attained funding for the structure via a Cancer Council Shade for Secondary Schools grant when Cancer Council Australia allocated $1 million in funding for shade facilities in […]
TO anyone who knew Chris Anders as a hirsute teacher at the Mirboo North Secondary College, he is no more; there is a new version. Impossible as it might be to imagine him without his abundant locks, including pony tail and facial hair, Mr Anders is now all but bald and according to at least […]
PIRATES, buccaneers and landlubbers came together on Saturday at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum to search for hidden treasure. Around 700 people joined in the fun of pirate day at the Korumburra park, with many dressing up for the occasion. Site coordinator Rowena Ashley said the day was successful and on par with previous […]
FAMILIES and friends flocked to Chairo Christian School Leongatha to see the school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof Jr last Friday. The first production staged by the school, Fiddler included students from all year levels take to the stage to sing the classic tunes If I Were a Rich Man and Matchmaker, Matchmaker. Director […]
EVANS Petroleum has been filling tanks on both sides of Leongatha for decades and now awaits the expansion of its Westside service station. Managing director Stuart Evans said the redevelopment was much in the planning phase as it awaits approval by South Gippsland Shire Council. “We are going to knock down the existing space and […]
TARWIN Lower’s heavy music festival, Unify will be on again in January and has already sold out 2000 early bird tickets. The first act, In Hearts Wake, was announced last Friday and the full line up and a further 3000 tickets will be released in late September. According to event organiser Rhett McLaren, the […]